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Court of Appeal Clarifies Prohibition on Common-Sense Assumptions and Stereotypes

  • March 25, 2021
  • Laura Lepine
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The Ontario Court of Appeal recently clarified two prohibitions in judicial reasoning: the prohibitions on common-sense assumptions and the prohibition on stereotypes. These overlapping rules relate to where a judge is permitted to draw inferences based on human experience or generalizations. » Read the rest